What is a good beginner camera for photojournalism?

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Lickles

I'm a graduating print journalist and want to begin taking photos, both for my work and for pleasure. I know next to nothing about cameras and would like to keep the price at around $500 or less.I'm not worried about figuring out the camera or the proper photography techniques as I'm pretty intelligent and can figure out almost anything rather quickly.

Are there some cameras that you might recommend for a beginner? What about something like a Sony RX100?

Thanks.
I see. Any recommendations?

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Usually by the time you have the skills necessary to be a photojournalist, you will have already have a good camera system built. I would have thought you would have learned that in school

If you look at any photojournalists, you will see that they use fully adjustable cameras like Nikon and Canon dSLR cameras, have more than one and at least six to ten lenses.

The Sony RX100 is far to limiting to be of use as a news and sports photo gathering tool (NO interchangable lenses, poor quality images at high ISO's, etc

Looking to buy a fancy Canon camera and I need your help?

I'm looking to purchase a Canon Camera at the end of the year but don't know which one to choose. What is the difference between all the different Canon cameras... Canon Rebel, Canon Ti, Canon Ti4, etc.? I have always loved taking pictures. I'm getting tired of my digital camera. I want to expand my photography and start taking really wonderful quality photos. What Canon camera do you suggest I get?

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Fancy huh?

There is nothing fancy about a fully adjustable camera. The simply use a light meter to determine the proper exposure (balancing ISO, shutter speed and lens aperture). That is as simple as it gets.

Add to that, you have a choice of many different focal lengths which makes them more versatile than the really "fancy" P&S cameras the detect smiles, faces and friends faces.

If you think that a T1i and T4i are NOT digital cameras then you need to do more research.

Spend some time on these websites and see if any of the listed cameras fit your needs.

http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Nikon-Products/Digital-SLR-Cameras/index.page

http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/cameras/slr_cameras

http://www.pentaximaging.com/dslr

http://store.sony.com/c/Alpha-DSLR-Cameras-And-Accessories/en/c/S_Digital_SLR_Cameras?SR=nav:electronics:cameras_camcorders:Alpha_dslr_cameras:shop_compare:ss

http://shop.panasonic.com/shop/cameras-and-camcorders-lumix-digital-cameras-interchangeable-lens-models?sc_mc=sem_bing_mc_lmx_8735_11152011

http://www.getolympus.com/us/en/digitalcameras.html?cat=11

After you have visited these sites and have taken notes listing the features of each camera you are interested in buying, visit this site to see how the sensors all perform.

http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Cameras/Camera-Sensor-Ratings

And finally with your notes in hand, visit a proper camera shop and hold your top choices in your hands. You will get plenty of opinions here, but you really need to do the research yourself to know which camera system is best for you.

Now maybe the bad news.

Taking "really wonderful quality photos" has all to do with your skills, NOT the camera you buy.

You can produce the same boring snapshots on your "tired" digital camera as you can on a $43,000 Hasselblad digital camera unless you have the skills and understanding of the fundamentals of photography. That will take some formal training and time

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